How to Use bomb squad in a Sentence

bomb squad

noun

• The area around the library was closed off as a state police bomb squad responded to the scene.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2024
• The search of a trash can outside the Rodeway Inn room led police to contact the agency’s bomb squad.
  — Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2024
• An arson bomb squad later found a 32-year-old man on a boat docked near the fire, Seattle police said.
  — Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023
• Israeli police said a bomb squad removed a number of fragments from areas in the north.
  — Isabel Debre and Sam McNeil, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
• The national bomb squad is on its way to investigate the object, the spokesperson said.
  — NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024
• The Massachusetts State Police claim one of the members of its bomb squad has gone above and beyond in the line of duty and taken bullets for the team.
  — Jody Serrano / Gizmodo, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
• Atlantic County's bomb squad and the state fire marshal were among emergency units that responded to the scene.
  — Joseph P. Smith, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
• Still, crime scene technicians and state police bomb squad are expected to remain at the scene throughout the night.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 29 May 2023
• About 50 firefighters as well as county and city haz-mat teams and the sheriff’s bomb squad gathered at the scene Thursday morning.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2024
• An arson bomb squad detective found a man hiding in a boat docked near the fire, according to Seattle police.
  — Vonnai Phair, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Mar. 2023
• Police Department’s bomb squad was brought in to ensure the area was clear of any other explosive device.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 20 June 2023
• The marshals saw a large number of fireworks in a storage room and alerted the LAPD, which responded and notified the department’s bomb squad.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
• The Orange County bomb squad conducted a search using bomb-sniffing dogs and no explosives were found.
  — Jeffery C. Mays, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
• The Houston Police Department's bomb squad searched her vehicle and the backpack and found no explosives.
  — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
• The person was arrested, and a bomb squad investigated the scene, according to the source, who was not authorized to speak publicly.
  — Pete Muntean, CNN, 11 Oct. 2023
• Police cleared the area while Little Rock Fire Department bomb squad technicians examined the items.
  — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 17 May 2023
• Twelve years ago, Powell — who declined further comment for this article through a Fed spokesperson — joined the debt-limit bomb squad almost by chance.
  — Josh Wingrove, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2023
• Specialist teams including a bomb squad entered the park to ensure that no explosive devices had been planted, and the teams were able to ensure that the venue was safe, the sheriff’s office said.
  — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
• The Phoenix police bomb squad responded to ensure that no additional explosives were nearby; the area was deemed safe.
  — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2023
• The vehicle is being investigated by a bomb squad, Hall said.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2023
• The gym, surrounding businesses and nearby homes were evacuated until the New Haven police bomb squad could search the building.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2024
• The fire department has relied on the funds for years to pay for everything from infrared camera systems for firefighting aircraft to bomb squad robots.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
• The incident canceled classes and led a police bomb squad to sweep the campus for other suspicious packages, The Washington Post reported at the time.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
• Local police and a bomb squad investigated the discovery, confirming through X-rays that the sphere appears to be hollow.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2023
• The Oklahoma Highway Patrol’s bomb squad also confirmed the grenade’s live status, according to Cumberledge.
  — Michelle Watson, CNN, 4 June 2023
• After sweeping the area, the Sheriff’s Department’s bomb squad cleared the campus and said the threat was unfounded, authorities announced via social media.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
• The Maine State Police said its bomb squad was unable to determine through X-ray imaging whether the rocket still contained active explosive material.
  — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2023
• The Vermont State Police said Sunday their bomb squad was activated to aid local authorities.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2023
• Frank Gonzalez told the Associated Press that the cause of the explosion, which happened shortly before 1 p.m. local time during a training exercise with the sheriff’s bomb squad.
  — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
• Later on Tuesday morning, reporting came in that a bomb squad and several officers had been deployed to the media area in response to a security threat, which resulted in mass confusion as the area was cleared out.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023

Last Updated: 7 Sep 2024